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Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Laws of Motion
What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
you master the Laws of Motion. The scope of this module permits it to be used in
many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse
vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.
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What I Need to Know
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. Who formulated the Three Laws of Motion?
A. Aristotle
B. Isaac Newton
C. Thomas Edison
D. Alexander Graham Bell
2. Which has more mass, a kilogram of cotton or a kilogram of iron?
A. the iron
B. the cotton
C. they both have the same mass
D. cannot be determined from the given information
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7. Which Newton's law explains when a man is pushed forward in the car as it
stops?
A. 1st law
B. 2nd law
C. 3rd law
D. 2nd and 3rd laws
8. In Newton’s first law of motion, a moving object that is not acted upon by a
net force will ____________.
A. accelerate
B. change its velocity
C. eventually come to a stop
D. continue moving at constant velocity
9. A boy jumps out of the boat into a dock. As the boy moves forward to the
dock, the boat moves backward. Which statement describes this situation?
10. Two balls are simultaneously applied with a force of 20 N. One ball has a
mass of 0.3 kg and the other has 0.4 kg. Which ball has greater
acceleration?
A. They will both accelerate at the same rate.
B. None of them will accelerate greater than the other.
C. The one with a mass of 0.3 kg has the greater acceleration.
D. The one with a mass of 0.4 kg has the greater acceleration.
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Lesson
Newton’s Three Laws of
1 Motion
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What’s In
You have learned in the previous module that net force enables objects to
change its state of motion. If an object is at rest, moving it requires force. For an
object already moving, changing its velocity either in magnitude or in direction also
requires a force.
Do you know who are the scientists and great men behind the concept of
force? The next activity is a word search associated to the concept and
understanding of force. It includes scientists and terms related to the laws of
motion that will be discussed in the succeeding activities.
Locate and circle the 15 words in the grid. Words appear straight across, up,
down and diagonally. Be guided with the words you are to locate inside the box at
the right side.
ACCELERATION
ACTION
ARISTOTLE
AT REST
BURIDAN
EQUAL
FORCE
GALILEO
INERTIA
INTERACTION
MASS
MOTION
NEWTON
PHILOPONUS
REACTION
Did you enjoy the word search activity? These words shall be discussed in
the next section of this module.
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What’s New
Material: pen
Procedure:
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2. In each number, match the scientist who spoke the corresponding
dialogue on the right side. Write the letter of the correct answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
No. 2
B
A
Let’s rename
impetus as force. I
Philoponus believe that force
I don’t think that the force affects the velocity of
is proportional to the moving objects.
velocity. Velocity remains Thus, force is
No. 3 constant if no force, proportional to the
including friction, is velocity. If no force is
applied. Force that affects applied, an object
vertical motion creates has no velocity.
constant acceleration. Thus, the object is at
Buridan rest.
C
D
No. 4
E
Newton
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What is It
Galileo concluded that in the absence of friction and air resistance, the ball
would continue rolling up to a height above the base equal to the height from where
it was released. On a flat surface, the ball would continue to move forever, since
there would be no force to cause its state of motion to change.
Galileo was the first to suggest that uniform speed straight-line motion was
just as natural as at-rest state of motion. He called this tendency of an object to
maintain its initial state of motion as inertia.
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Although Galileo did not fully explain motion, he took the first important
step that completely changed the world’s view about motion of objects. Galileo
greatly influenced other scientists including Sir Isaac Newton who then formulated
the three laws of motion.
Law of Inertia
Newton’s first law of motion, the law of inertia, states that, “an object at
rest remains at rest, and an object in motion will continue to move at constant
velocity unless acted upon by a net force.” The tendency of an object to maintain its
state of rest or of uniform velocity in a straight line is called inertia. Mass is a
measure of the inertia of an object. The greater the mass of an object, the harder it
is to move when it is at rest, or difficult to stop when in motion.
A common example where inertia can be observed is when you are on a bus.
Initially, the bus is at rest. When it starts to move, your body has the tendency to
move backward. On the other hand, when the bus suddenly stops, your body has
the tendency to move forward. When the bus either starts to move or suddenly
stops, your body has the tendency to change your state of motion.
Law of Acceleration
The second law of motion is the law of acceleration which states that “the
acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and is
inversely proportional to the object’s mass. The direction of the acceleration is in the
direction of the net force acting on the object.”
Newton’s second law of motion is expressed through the equation:
∑ 𝐹⃗ = 𝑚𝑎⃗
Recall from Module 1 that the symbol ∑ (sigma) stands for the algebraic
sum. 𝐹⃗ stands for the net force acting on the object, m for mass of the object and
∑
𝑎⃗ for its acceleration. The arrow above the letters F and a indicates that both have
magnitude and direction.
Table 1 shows the different units of mass, acceleration and force involved in
the second law of motion.
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In the Philippines, Presidential Decree No. 187 dated May 10, 1973,
prescribes the use of the metric system of weights and measures as the standard
measurement for all products may it be commodities, materials, utilities, services
as well as in all business and legal transactions. In this module, Meter-Kilogram-
Second (MKS) units are mostly used. However, for some problems you may convert
the unit from one system to another.
Study and understand the problems below.
Sample problem 1.
Find ∑ 𝐹⃗ .
Solution:
∑ 𝐹⃗ = 𝑚𝑎⃗
Sample problem 2.
A boy rolls a 200 g baseball horizontally on the floor with a net force of 2 N
to the right. What is the acceleration of the baseball?
Given: 𝑚 = 200 𝑔 = 0.2 𝑘𝑔 (notice the conversion of unit)
∑ 𝐹⃗ = 2 𝑁, to the right
Find 𝑎⃗.
Solution:
∑ 𝐹⃗ = 𝑚𝑎⃗
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Sample problem 3.
∑ 𝐹⃗ = 𝑚𝑎⃗;
𝑚 = 6.67 𝑘𝑔
Law of Interaction
The third law of motion is the law of interaction which states that “for
every action, there is always an equal and opposite reaction.” This law tells us that
a force exerted on any object is always exerted back by an equal magnitude of force
but in opposite direction. Always remember that in this law, forces always come in
pairs. These are called action and reaction forces, and they do not act on the
same body. In determining the action and reaction forces, be able to identify first
the action that requires force, and then identify the reaction force that counteracts
the action force. An example of this is a boy pushing a wall. When the boy pushes
the wall (action), the wall exerts an equal and opposite magnitude of force to the
boy (reaction). Another example is a horse pulling a calesa (action). The calesa pulls
an equal and opposite magnitude of force towards the horse (reaction). Some more
examples include hammering a nail, pushing a grocery cart, and attracting a paper
clip using a magnet.
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The Force of Gravity or Weight
𝐹⃗𝑔 = 𝑚 𝑔⃗
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What’s More
In your answer sheet, match the pictures to the explanations found below.
Write the letter of the correct answers on a separate sheet of paper.
A B
1. The body will continue to move and so it will move forward until something
will stop it. _____________
2. As you hold on the handle, the force exerted by the train through the handle
gives your body forward velocity. ____________
3. Your body has inertia, and so a force is needed to change its velocity. The
train floor accelerates your feet but your body falls backward. ____________
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Activity 3. Newton’s Second Law of Motion (Law of Acceleration)
Read the situation and analyze the pictures. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
Mario and Alex are on a trip to Tinuy-an Falls, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur.
Suddenly the car runs out of fuel then stops. Alex volunteers to push the car to
the side of the road. He pushes it hard, but he cannot barely move the car. A
bystander helps him then the car accelerates.
A B
Questions:
1. How do you compare the applied forces to the cars in both pictures?
______________________________________________
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Activity 4. Newton’s Third Law of Motion
Identify the action-reaction forces in each picture. The first picture is done
for you. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
A C D
B E
A. A boy leaning against The force exerted by the The force exerted by the
the wall. boy on the wall. wall on the boy.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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What I Have Learned
Fill in the blanks with the correct term/s. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.
∑ 𝐹⃗ = 𝑚𝑎⃗
6. When air resistance is neglected, all objects fall toward the ground with
the same acceleration called ____________. It is approximately equal to
____________. The force that causes object to fall toward the center of the
Earth is called ____________. It is expressed through the equation
____________.
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What I Can Do
Let us see how the second law is applied to the problems below.
Problem 1
A boy pushed horizontally a 3.5 kg plastic chair across the slippery floor. If
the acceleration of the plastic chair is 2.2 m/s2 to the left, what is the net force
exerted on the plastic chair?
Given: m= ______________kg
Find: ∑ 𝐹⃗
Formula: ∑ 𝐹⃗ = 𝑚𝑎⃗
Problem 2
𝑎⃗ = ______________
𝑔⃗ = ______________
W = m 𝑔⃗ = (______________)(______________) = ______________
Find the Tension (T).
Solution:
There are two forces that act on the box, the weight (W) of the box and the
tension (T) exerted by the rope on the box. In formula,
∑𝐹⃗ = m 𝑎⃗
Since the box is moving upward, we have
T – W = m 𝑎⃗
T – ______________ = ______________
T = ______________
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Assessment
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.
2. Which law states that forces act with equal magnitude and in opposite
direction?
A. Law of Inertia
B. Law of Interaction
C. Law of Acceleration
D. Law of Gravitational Force
4. What Newton’s law of motion requires the use of seat belt in cars?
A. Law of Inertia
B. Law of Interaction
C. Law of Acceleration
D. Law of Universal Gravitation
6. A stone hits the ground before a flat sheet of paper because ___________.
A. it is less massive
B. it is more massive
C. the acceleration of gravity is greater on the stone
D. there is more air resistance against the flat paper
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7. If the mass of an object is 45 kg on Earth, what is its mass on the moon?
A. 45 N
B. 45 kg
C. 441 N
D. 441 kg
9. According to the second law of motion, the net force is the product of mass
and acceleration. Which of the following has the greatest acceleration?
A. A 5.000 kg stone pulled with a 10 N net force.
B. A 0.5000 kg toy car is pulled with a 9 N net force.
C. A 7.000 kg metal ball is pushed by a 17 N net force.
D. A 500.0 kg truck accelerated by 1000 N net force from its engine.
10. In a grocery store, you can easily push a cart with 5 kg sack of rice than a
cart with a 10 kg sack of rice to the counter. Which of these explains the
situation?
A. Law of Inertia
B. Law of Interaction
C. Law of Acceleration
D. Law of Universal Gravitation
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Additional Activities
Identify the law of motion that applies in each situation. \Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.
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